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ARIEL B. SPROUT, OF HUGHESVILLE, ENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 78,335, dated .May 26, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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flO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ARIEL B. SPROUT, ot' Hughesville, in the Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement i'n -Iay-Elev lowing is a full and exact description,thereofref`erence beingV letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in the use of two rods or. bars, armed with barbs or prongs, and hinged together near the centre, and spread out or contracted by rmeans of a jointed lever, operating in the manner hereinafter county oi' Lycoming, and State of Pennsylators; and I do hereby declare that the fol- :had to the Vaccompanying drawings, and to the described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use m tion and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved ha Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the same.

In the drawings, A and B represent two rods or flat bars of iron or st marked d and o. VSaid rods or ilat bars and their barbs or sented in the drawings, and are hinged together at thepoint The rod or bar A is furnished with a handle, m, and a loop, t, for the rope used for hoisting. To the upper end of the rodor bar B is attached (at 2) a lever, n, furnished with a point, marked t. Near the upper end of the rod or bar A is attached (at 3) a lever, w, furnished with a stop, marked z'. These two levers are hinged together by the rod in handle j, which is used for operating said levers. To rod 6, ofthe handle 7','is attached a cord, y, which passes through an. eye in the handle m, The point a', of' rod or bar A, is furnished with a groove or o'ii`set for the point h ofthe rc'd or bar B, sothat the point h will not catch in Ientering the hay.

The operation of the hay-elevator is as follows: When thc' various parts are in thc position'represented in figs. 1 and 2, the elevator is forced down into the hay by means of handle m, and the bars A and B are spread out by pressing on handlej until the levers n and tu, and the bar B, assume the position 'represented by the dotted lines 7 and 8. The elevator and its load of hay are raised to the place desired, and are unshipped by drawing on cord y, which will bring the various parts into the position represented in igs.'1 and 2.

I claim- 1. A hay-elevating fork, provided with a penetrating ating substantially as described.

2. A hayf'elevating fork, having barbs, hooks, or spurs, or equivalent material tobe raised, by a lateral movement barbs or hooks are attached.

3. A hay-fork, provided with rigid barbs or hooks, which are covered when -the fork isto be inserted intei, or released from the hay, and uncovered after the fork has been inserted, for raising the hay.

4. A hay-fork, composed of bars having a lateral or shear-blade movement relative to cach other, a penetrating point, barbs or hooks, and a mechanism or device for operating the bars and hooks, to cause them to seizeand hold or release the load, as desired. l

5. Giving to the holding-hooks or spurs a lateral and u links or levers connected therewith, for the purpose of operat y invention, I will proceed to describe its construe-- y-clcvator when closed and ready to enter theh'ay.

eel, furnished with barbs or prongs,-

prongs are made substantially in the form repre# marked e by mea-ns of a suitable bolt or rivet.

point, and with xrigid barbs, hooks, or spurs, operwhich are thrust into and Withdrawn from the hay, relative to each other, of the bars to which said pward movement or thrust, by means of toggle ing said hooks, substantially as described. I

. A. B. SPROUT. Witnesses:

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER HAYs. 

